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Ryan Clark publicly aired his contract grievances with ESPN on Feb. 14.
On Monday, he reportedly agreed to a new deal with the network. The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reports that the NFL analyst has verbally agreed to a new contract to remain at ESPN. Per Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports, the deal is expected to pay him more than $2 million annually. The length of the contract wasn't reported.
Per FOS, the contract puts Clark among ESPN's highest-paid NFL analysts, exceeding the pay of colleague Mina Kimes, who reportedly makes $1.7 million per year via a contract she signed in 2023. Clark has worked at ESPN since 2015 following a 13-year career as a defensive back in the NFL.
Clark's deal arrives less than two weeks after he said on social media that he "felt played" by his previous contract with ESPN. That contract expired in February. He posted a three-plus-minute video on Feb. 14 expressing his displeasure and implying there was an impasse in negotiations.
"It wasn’t what I wanted," Clark said of his previous deal. "Honestly, I felt played. … I felt like I deserved something that they didn’t feel like I deserved."
He then said he was willing to walk away from negotiations.
"Somebody’s gotta pay the piper," Clark continued. "And it’s either we get what we want or we make the decision to stand on what we’re worth.
"It’s not that I think that I should be paid more than anybody who does the job. I just want what I’m worth."
Per FOS, the new contract will allow Clark to continue to host his podcast, "The Pivot," and work on The CW's "Inside the NFL," neither of which is affiliated with ESPN.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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